China Northern Airlines

China Northern Airlines
中国北方航空
Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng

IATA ICAO Callsign CJ CBF CHINA NORTHERN
Founded	1990
Ceased operations	2003 (Merged with China Southern Airlines)
Hubs	Shenyang Taoxian International Airport
Fleet size	56+ (1995)
Destinations	152
Headquarters	Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
Website	cna.com.cn/Eng/index-en.html

A China Northern MD-82 taking off in Beijing.

China Northern Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国北方航空; traditional Chinese: 中國北方航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Dongta Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.

Besides Shenyang, it also had three hubs at Harbin Taiping International Airport, Changchun Longjia International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.

It was one of six major airline corporations that were formed as a result of the breakup of CAAC's airline operations. It initially operated a fleet of Airbus A300, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80, MD-90 and, later, Airbus A321 aircraft. It operated predominantly domestic destinations and also to North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

History

China Northern Airlines was established in 1990 to act as a successor to Swan Airlines. By the end of 1999, the airline had reached a total cargo rotation volume of 4882 million ton/km. In 2001 the airlines had ordered ten Airbus A321 but only six were in the fleet. It later merged into China Southern Airlines in 2003.

Fleet

The fleet as of 1995.

Aircraft	Total
Airbus A300	11
Airbus A321	6
Antonov An-2	Unknown
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	39
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90	Unknown
Xian Y7-100	Unknown

Frequent Flyer Program

Sky Pearl Club was China Northern Airlines’ frequent flyer program until 2003 when it merged with China Southern Airlines.

Accidents

• On November 13, 1993, China Northern Flight 6901 from Beijing to Urumqi, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 (Reg. B-2141) airliner, crashed on approach to Urumqi airport, killing 12 of 102 on board. Pilot error was blamed for the crash.
• On April 17, 2002, China Northern Flight 6621 from Dalian to Shenyang, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 airliner, nine minutes after takeoff, a man attempted to hijack the domestic flight. In-flight security personnel and passengers managed to overpower the man immediately. At 17:58 local time, the flight landed safely at Shenyang.
• On May 7, 2002, China Northern Flight 6136 from Beijing to Dalian, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 (Reg. B-2138) airliner, crashed into the Yellow Sea about 6 miles (9.7 km) off the Dalian coast, killing all 112 on board. It was later determined that a passenger who wanted to commit suicide started a fire on board the aircraft.

External links

• China Northern Airlines (Archive)
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